| Project/Area Number |
23K12755
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 09030:Childhood and nursery/pre-school education-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
林 家宇 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 講師(任期付) (10907108)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Keywords | Robotics / Musical Robot / Human-Robot Interaction / Music therapy / Child Development / Child psychology |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
The root project objective is to develop an effective social music therapy methodology for improving emotional intelligence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children using an interactive conductor robot for interaction and sensors to monitor the subjects.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Following the plan, the hardware and control system of the musical robots were developed and improved during the first fiscal year. Additionally, a proof of concept for music therapy methodologies was conducted, incorporating advice from several meetings with experts, psychologists, and therapists. The research team also developed an AR application to verify the music therapy methodologies with greater adaptability, which can be used on the robots in subsequent years.
Several articles have been written and submitted to journals and conferences; some have already been published, while others are currently under peer review. After discussions with child psychology experts, the applicant was invited to a psychology symposium to gain insights from researchers in the field of music therapy.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research on the hardware and software development of the robots is progressing smoothly. However, the planning for the experiments is slightly delayed due to the difficulty in recruiting test subjects. We have already applied for and received approval from the Ethical Committee to begin preliminary experiments involving human subjects. Experts are assisting us in announcing the experiment to the target subject group.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Behavioral models have been collected from human musicians and conductors. The next step is to implement these models on the actual robots. According to the initial project plan, the robot behavior will now be practically implemented using specific control algorithm patterns to achieve the desired behaviors. Additionally, human-robot real-time interaction experiments will be planned and conducted with the close support of therapists and psychologists to verify our music therapy methodologies.
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